Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of WebKitGTK/Debugging

Timestamp:

May 5, 2020 2:01:06 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

Philippe Normand

Comment:

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WebKitGTK/Debugging

@@ -24 +24 @@
 However that doesn't work in all cases, because the web process might already have crashed when you are trying to connect to it.
 
-If you are using the Flatpak SDK and you want to debug the web process, the simplest way is to connect to it using gdb:
+If you are using the Flatpak SDK and you want to debug the web process, the simplest way is to connect to it using gdb. First start mini-browser in a terminal tab:
 {{{
 #!sh
-$ Tools/Scripts/webkit-flatpak --debug --command=gdb /app/webkit/WebKitBuild/Debug/bin/WebKitWebProcess
+$ Tools/Scripts/run-minibrowser --gtk --debug <url>
+}}}
+
+In a second terminal tab, enter in the Flatpak sandbox and run gdb:
+{{{
+#!sh
+$ flatpak ps
+Instance   PID    Application              Runtime
+953119635  616738 org.webkit.Webkit        org.webkit.Sdk
+$ sudo flatpak enter 616738 /bin/bash
+# gdb attach $(/bin/pidof /app/webkit/WebKitBuild/Debug/bin/WebKitWebProcess)
+(gdb) ...
 }}}